Windscreen wiper assembly for a vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10336389-B2
Application number	US-201515518816-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 9, 2015
Priority date	Oct 31, 2014
Publication date	Jul 2, 2019
Grant date	Jul 2, 2019

Abstract

A windscreen assembly (10) for a vehicle 1 is described, comprising:—a windscreen panel group (11, 12) comprising a windscreen panel (11) and a support structure (12) to support the windscreen panel (11); and—a wiper group (20. The wiper group (20) comprises a wiper (13), a drive motor group (14) for actuating the wiper (13), a tank (15) for a liquid and a pump (16) operationally connected to the tank (15). The wiper group (20) is supported by the windscreen panel group (11, 12) and said windscreen assembly (10) is configured to be removably coupled to said vehicle.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. Windscreen assembly for a vehicle, comprising:
a windscreen panel group comprising a windscreen panel and a support structure to support the windscreen panel; and
a wiper group comprising a wiper, a drive motor group to operate the wiper, a tank for a liquid, and a pump operationally connected to the tank;
wherein said wiper group is supported by the windscreen panel group and said windscreen group is configured to be removably coupled to a frame of said vehicle; and
wherein said windscreen assembly can be mounted and dismounted as an integral unit to and from the vehicle by mounting and dismounting said support structure to and from the vehicle frame.

2. Windscreen assembly according to claim 1 , wherein said vehicle comprises an electric bicycle, a motorcycle, a moped, a scooter, a trike, an ATV (Quadricycle/Tricycle), a jet ski, or a snowmobile.

3. Windscreen assembly according to claim 1 , wherein said vehicle comprises a handlebar, and wherein the drive motor group, the tank and the pump are supported by the support structure.

4. Windscreen assembly according to claim 3 , wherein the tank is fixed to the support structure and wherein the drive motor group and the pump are supported by tank.

5. Windscreen assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the tank is shaped to define a housing recess wherein the drive motor group is accommodated.

6. Windscreen assembly according to claim 1 , comprising a quick coupling electrical connector operatively connected to at least one of the drive motor group and the pump, said at least one electrical connector being configured to be connected with a complementary quick coupling electrical connector provided in said vehicle.

7. Windscreen assembly according to claim 1 , including control elements for controlling the drive motor group and the pump, the tank including a housing seat for said control elements.

8. Windscreen assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the wiper group includes a pantograph mechanism comprising said wiper.

9. Windscreen assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the drive motor group includes a drive shaft which crosses the windscreen panel and is operationally connected to the wiper.

10. Windscreen assembly according to claim 3 , wherein the support structure includes first coupling elements adapted to cooperate with corresponding second coupling elements provided in the vehicle frame to removably attach the support structure to the vehicle frame and wherein said windscreen assembly includes connecting elements for removably attaching the tank to the support structure, the connecting elements including first connecting elements provided in the support structure.

11. Windscreen assembly according to claim 10 , wherein the support structure includes a support arm generally shaped as a “U” which is coupled to the windscreen panel and a plurality of mounting brackets integral to the support arm, each of said mounting brackets includes at least one of said first coupling elements and at least one of said first connecting elements.

12. Windscreen assembly according to claim 11 , wherein each of said mounting brackets includes at least one mounting portion protruding with respect to the support arm and which includes at least one of said first connecting elements.

13. Windscreen assembly according to claim 12 , wherein each of said mounting brackets further includes a further mounting portion that includes at least one of said first coupling elements and which protrudes from the support arm in the opposite direction or basically opposite to the protruding mounting portion comprising at least one of said first connecting elements.

14. Windscreen assembly according to claim 1 , wherein said vehicle is a vehicle with two, three, or four wheels which may be homologated as a motorcycle, moped, tricycle or quadricycle, respectively.

15. A vehicle coupled to a windscreen assembly as defined in claim 1 .

16. Windscreen assembly for a vehicle, comprising:
a windscreen panel group comprising a windscreen panel and a support structure to support the windscreen panel; and
a wiper group comprising a wiper, a drive motor group to operate the wiper, a tank for a liquid, and pump operationally connected to the tank;
wherein said wiper group is supported by the windscreen panel group and said windscreen group is configured to be removably coupled to a frame of said vehicle; and
wherein the windscreen assembly further comprises a mounting bracket for removably fixing the tank to the support structure and the support structure to the frame, such that said windscreen assembly can be mounted and dismounted as an integral unit to and from the vehicle by mounting and dismounting said support structure to and from the vehicle frame.

Assignees

• Piaggio & C Spa

Inventors

• Di Tanna Onorino
• Bartolozzi Stefano

Classifications

• B62J50/16

  for cleaning parts of the cycle, e.g. windscreen wipers · CPC title

• B62J17/04 Primary

  Windscreens · CPC title

• B60S1/3409

  the wiper arms consisting of two or more articulated elements · CPC title

• B60S1/08 Primary

  electrically driven {(conjoint control of windscreen wiper motor and liquid supply of windscreen washer B60S1/482; conjoint control of windscreen wiper motor and means for cleaning parts o parts other than windscreens or front windows B60S1/56, B60S1/58, B60S1/606)} · CPC title

• B60S1/483

  using a supply pump driven by the windscreen-wiper motor · CPC title